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                          ROYAL ASTRONONICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
                     Standing Committee on Observational Activities
                      Programme for Solar Eclipse of July 20, 1963

Bulletin No 2                 Basic Observation Programme               February 15, 1963

A. PRECISION OBSERVATIONS                                Equipment Required

   1. Duration of Totality                Stopwatch, short-wave radio or reliable clock

   2. Contacts                 )          Stopwatch, short-wave radio or tape recorder,
                               ) - -      telescope with Herschel wedge, etc. or
   3. Occultation of Sun-spots )          projection screen

   4. Flash Spectrum                      Stopwatch, short-wave radio or tape recorder,
                                          telescope with prism or diffraction grating

   5. Shadow Bands                        Compass, white background

   6. Meteorological Data                 Barometer, thermometer, anometer, photometer

   7. Radio Reception                     Short-wave receiver, signal strength meter

B. PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECTS                              Special Equipment

   Still Photographs (b&w or colour)

   1. Partial Phases, Baily's Beads,etc.  Telephoto lens, dense neutral filters

   2. Totality - (a) Corona - shape  )--  Telephoto lens, tripod or mount with clock
                 (b) Corona - colour )    drive, (a) rotating sector shutter, (b) red
                                          and blue filters
                 (c) Prominences          Single lens reflex, telescope with drive

   3. Shadow Bands                        Compass, tripod, white background

   4. Changes in Landscape Illumination	  Tripod

   5. Spectroscopic: (a) Flash Spectrum   Tripod, prism or diffraction grating
                     (b) Corona           Spectroscope with slit, telescope with drive

   Motion Pictures

   1. Partial Phases                      Dense neutral filters

   2. Totality                            Telephoto lens

   3. Landscape Illumination              No special equipment

   4. Shadow Bands                        Compass, tripod, white background

   5. Onrush of Shadow                    No special equipment, tripod helpful

C. VISUAL OBSERVATIONS                               Equipment Required

   1. Corona                              Unaided eye or telescope

   2. Solar Prominences                   Telescope, preferably with drive

   3. Aurora - presence or absence of     Unaided eye

   4. Stars Visible during Totality       Unaided eye

   5. Effects of Bird & Animal Life       Unaided eye or binoculars